TROCHOMERIA . CUCURBITACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 397 
striati, glabri. Pedunculus masculus capillaris, glaber, 5-7 cent. lon- 
gus, Calyeis tubus cylindrieus, basi truncatus, sparse pilosus, 9-12 
mil. longus, 1*/, mill. crassus, dentes subnulli. Petala patula, 
flexuosa, lineari-subulata, brevissime villosa, 6-8 mill. longa, ?/,-1 mill. 
lata. Flores feminei breviter pedunculati. Ovarium leviter pubescens. 
Fructus glaber, leevis, ovato-oblongus, utrinque rotundatus, 2*/, cent. 
longus, 13-15 mill. crassus. Semina albescentia, ad basim leviter atte- 
nuata et transversim emarginata, 8 '/,-9 mill. longa, 5 mill. lata. . 
3-31/, mill. erassa. : 
In dumetosis apricis siccioribus ad basim de Serra de. Alta Queta 
et in montosis lapidosis apricis inter graminea et frutices humiles 
prope Sange, distr. Golungo Alto, regione Angola, alt. 300-800 met. 
(Welwitsch n. 793 et 798 in herb. Brit. Mus.). 
3. T. pectinata; foliis breviter petiolatis, utrinque scaberrimis, 
profunde digitato- vel palmato-5-partitis, segmentis leviter dentatis ; 
bracteis cordiformibus, ciliatis; pedunculis masculis unifloris, petiolo 
longioribus. — Bryonia pectinata E. Meyer in herb. Drège, sec. Son- 
er. — Zehneria pectinata Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap., 2, 
p. 487. 
Monoica. Caulis gracilis, glaber, 1 met. et ultra longus. Petiolus 
el ‘/ cent. longus. Folia 3-5 cent. longa lataque, segmentis latera- 
libus oblongo-lanceolatis vel oblongis, 2 cent. longis, profunde bifidis, 
apice 2-3-dentatis, intermedio cuneiformi, acuto et mucronulato, 
acute 3-5-dentato rarius trilobato, 2 */,-3 cent. longo, 7-12 mill. lato. 
Bracteæ l-1 '/⁄, cent. longæ. Pedunculus masculus 2 */, cent. longus, 
femineus multo brevior. Calycis tubus subcylindricus, 1 cent. longus, 
2-3 mill. latus. Petala patula, acuta. Fructus (immaturus) ovatus vel 
ovato-oblongus, 1 cent. longus. : 
ln Africa australi ad Buffelriver (Drége sec. Sonder); prope Port- 
Natal (Miss Owen see, Sond.). | 
4, T. Hookeri (Harv.! Gen. south Afr. pl., edit. 2, p. 125); foliis 
longu le petiolatis, utrinque sparse breviterque villososhirsutis, basi 
iss r emarginatis, late triangulari-cordatis, subobtusis, fere usque 
5 medium palmati-5-lobatis; lobis ovatis, profunde dentato-mucro- 
atis ; bracteis cordato-suborbicularibus, longe ciliatis; pedunculis 
masculis biforis, petiolo brevioribus, — Pilogyne Garcini Harv.! Thes. 
» l, tab. 96 (non Arn.!). — Zehneria Garcini Sond.! in Harv. et 
ni FL. Cap. 2, p. 487, exc. syn. (non Stocks !). 
